Anthology out next month on Modi's 20 years in public office

A book revolving around Prime Minister Narendra Modi's work and political and governance model with various chapters written by domain experts, his Cabinet colleagues and leading faces in different......

COVID-19: 5 points about the second wave

What do we know about India's devastating second wave, and can we assign responsibility for it? ponders Mihir S Sharma. IMAGE: A COVID-19 patient checks his oxygen level at the Covid Care Centre......

COVID-19: It hasn't gone viral in India

'Our drains are not filled with bodies, our hospitals not run out of beds.''That good news, or absence of expected bad news, is the truth that so many in the international community, and also......

Largest democracy lags the world in voter turnout

India had a record voter turnout of 66.4 per cent in 2014. This is still lower than the global median of 68.03 per cent, reports Sachin Mampatta. IMAGE: Voters stand in queues outside the......

Modi urges India Inc to 'think out of box' to grab global oppotunities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said both public and private sectors need to leverage synergies and think out of the box to seize opportunities arising as a result of the emerging global......

What the economy needs: Painful medium-term steps

'Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.''That is not happening and is a......

Bibek Debroy retained as chairman of PM's economic council

Sajjid Chenoy, India economist at JP Morgan is the new part-time member. The government reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister for a period of another two years on......

PM's economic advisory council may be rejigged

Among possible new members, former chief economic advisor Arvind Virmani’s name is doing the rounds.  IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with economists and experts on the......